The University of Montana Western Education Department and the UMW Foundation held an inagural event — Night of STARS — to honor education alumni and current Montana Western teacher candidates on Friday, April 20.

The traditional Irish quartet Dublin Gulch will perform with the Tiernan Irish Dancers at the Beier Auditorium on Friday, April 13 at 7 p.m. as a benefit for a University of Montana Western class trip to Ireland in May 2012.